Browsing MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC) by Title
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Challenges in Aerospace IT: The CIO Perspective
(2007-04-18)Agenda - • Motivation • Research Methodology • Key Findings • Going Forward -
Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing
(2000-09)Starting in the 1990s, the aerospace industry was challenged to produce products and systems Better, faster, Cheaper. In this paper, we examine some of the underlying reasons for BFC and offer some thoughts to help frame ... -
Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering, and Manufacturing
(2000-09)“Better, Faster, Cheaper” (BFC) emerged in the 1990s as a new paradigm for aerospace products. In this paper, we examine some of the underlying reasons for BFC and offer some thoughts to help frame the thinking and ... -
Challenges in the Development of Systems Engineering as a Profession
(2007-06-24)2007 INCOSE International Symposium presentation -
Changing Employment Relations and Governance in the International Auto Industry
(1996-06)In recent years, considerable debate has surrounded the issue of whether a fundamental transformation of employment relations is underway in both the industrialised and industrialising countries. Comparative studies at ... -
The Changing Nature of Systems Engineering and Government Enterprises: Report from a Case Study Research Effort
(2008-07-10)In this paper, we examine the changing nature of systems engineering work and, in particular, how The MITRE Corporation is confronting the challenges of expanding its role and capabilities to deliver what it calls “Enterprise ... -
Channel Coordination Mechanisms for Customer Satisfaction
(1995)We consider two broad categories of incentives by which a manufacturer can motivate its retailers to provide high customer satisfaction: 1) manufacturer assistance that reduces the retailer's cost of providing customer ... -
Characterization of operator-reported discrepancies in unmanned on-orbit space systems
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Characterizing the Impact of Requirements Volatility on Systems Engineering Effort
(2010-11-02)25th International Forum on COCOMO and Systems/Software Cost Modeling presentation -
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Cognitive Limits of Software Cost Estimation
(2007-09-20)This paper explores the cognitive limits of estimation in the context of software cost estimation. Two heuristics, representativeness and anchoring, motivate two experiments involving psychology students, engineering ... -
Collaborative systems thinking : an exploration of the mechanisms enabling team systems thinking
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Aerospace systems are among the most complex anthropogenic systems and require large quantities of systems knowledge to design successfully. Within the aerospace industry, an aging workforce places those with the most ... -
Collaborative Systems Thinking Research: Exploring Systems Thinking within Teams
(2008-06-15)This paper describes ongoing research that seeks to develop an empirical basis for collaborative systems thinking, defined as “an emergent behavior of teams resulting from the interactions of team members and utilizing ... -
Collaborative Systems Thinking Research: Exploring Systems Thinking within Teams
(2008)This paper describes ongoing research that seeks to develop an empirical basis for collaborative systems thinking, defined as “an emergent behavior of teams resulting from the interactions of team members and utilizing ... -
Collaborative Systems Thinking: The Role of Culture and Process in Promoting Higher-level Systems Thinking within Aerospace Teams
(2008-03-19)Student research poster -
Collaborative Systems Thinking: The Role of Culture and Process in Promoting Higher-level Systems Thinking within Aerospace Teams
(2007)Agenda: • Researcher Introduction • Motivation • Research Questions • Expected Contributions to Industry • How You Can Help • Timeline for Completion -
Collaborative Systems Thinking: Towards an Understanding of Team-level Systems Thinking
(2008-04-04)As the engineering workforce ages, skills with long development periods are lost with retiring individuals faster than are younger engineers developing the skills. Systems thinking is one such skill. Recent research, ...